On the way to work today

Person #1, as we leave the house and drive down to the corner school bus stop there was a girl…maybe 15, wearing ski boots….not those ski boot looking boots, these had bindings on them…and before anyone asks, the local School does have a ski team but they only practice on Saturdays, and they know enough to carry their boots with them…I don’t envy her for the blisters she will have at the end of the day.

 

Person #2, when we were 75% of the way to work an SUV with 3 headlights was going the other way….and the center head light was insanely bright…then I realized what it was….Who needs fog lights when you can just wire tie a hand held spotlight to your grill.

 

Person #3, I drop off JRX at work and make it to the parking garage. On the first floor there is 1 very small spot due to the poor parking abilities of others….and there is a GM Envoy trying to pull into it….she pulls forward to back into the space and hits the new Nissan Titan in front of her, the Titan hits the pillar behind it….she backs into the space….misses, pulls forward hits the Titan, the Titan hits the pillar…she realizes she can’t fit into the spot, pulls forward, hits the Titan once more for good measure, the Titan hits the pillar and she drives further down the row and parks, and RUNS to the stairs to leave….I took the time to be the Good Samaritan and wrote down their plate number, and left a note on the Titan’s windshield with my number as a witness….but it was funny that there wasn’t a scratch on the Titan(a small scuff where it hit the pillar)…but the Envoy’s bumper was about to fall off. And just as I was starting the first sentence of this part, the Titan owner called me….I told him exactly where to find the Envoy…and he laughed his $$$ off at the damage she had….he said it looked like the bumper was only being held on my bungee cords anyway…he said he’s not even going to bother with insurance unless she tries something….in which case he has my number….nice guy though, he even offered to buy me a beer after work….I said thanks, but politely declined, I’m not helping him to get anything out of it, unless you count a good feeling, and an assurance that we won’t be hit by that person tomorrow.

 

Person #4, a person I work with came in this morning with a bit of a stagger, smelling of whisky...and not a good whisky either....dressed in torn jeans and a ripped up flannel shirt....I know I'm not the only one who saw it(or will see it since we work in a cubicle farm)....but nothing will be done...I'm just glad I'm not their supervisor anymore, this person is deeply involved in the u n i o n, so just out of fear of the u n i o n the managers will do/say nothing....at least when I was in that spot I'd try to take action (before upper management told me to back off before the u n i o n got involved)....I'm not anti-u n i o n, but some of them appear to exist for the sole purpose of aggressively protecting those who should not be  protected. (sorry but that's how I feel)...

 

In other news….we hit 64,000 gamer score well, 64065. We’ve been playing Banjo Kazooie all weekend….I LOVE that game! it’s the first thing I’ve found that’s the equivalent to having a full Lego set to solve problems. I have about 40 blueprints so far….and that’s not including the ones I deleted that became obsolete due to new available parts…

I guess it’s time we started looking to pick up L4d….I have a gift card to burn, and might have a game or two to trade in…so…I guess the end of next week we may be available for some L4D zombie splattering goodness.

 

And Thank you DSmooth for enlightening me on the u n i o n bug

 

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